Chapter 0616: Hidden Dragon Cave
When Jinchu said that the Bingkui leader might use magic to become invisible, Mu Xingqiu had refuted it, thinking that if the Douzhuanxingyi array wanted to imprison the Taoist magic, it would not be possible to leave a backup for a certain magic alone.
But not long after, the vivid facts were laid out before his eyes: a wall was squirming, and it was full of powerful demonic power.
Since his left eye became a demon pill, Mu Xingqiu was more sensitive to demonic power than before. As soon as his palm touched the cave wall, he felt the demonic power surging in it. He immediately retracted his palm, and was shocked. First, there was actually a demonic magic within the range of the Douzhuanxingyi array, and second, the demonic power in the cave wall was surprisingly strong. Although it was just a glimpse, he was sure that this demonic power was much stronger than his own.
Mu Xingqiu's left eye demon pill had not been formed for long. Relying on the abundant spiritual energy in his body, it progressed very quickly, far exceeding ordinary demons, and was similar to the middle demons of more than five meters, but the demonic power contained in the cave wall was more like that left by the ten-meter big demon or even more powerful demons.
The Bingkui leader was hiding here? Mu Xingqiu was both excited and nervous. If there really was a leader of the Ice King here, the more than 50 little demons hiding here would be in danger.
For some reason, the flea was surprisingly bold. It took a step forward, lowered its head and pressed its horns against the wall. Soon, more obvious signs of witchcraft appeared. The flea's horns actually melted into the cave wall, followed by its head and neck... Soon, half of its body went in, but it didn't struggle at all, as if it knew there was no danger in doing so.
The bald man climbed up along the flea's hind legs and shouted in surprise: "So there is a secret passage! Haha, so interesting." After that, he bumped into the cave wall and melted in.
Mu Xingqiu originally wanted the bald man to go back to find Jinchu, but then he thought that this was a rare opportunity. The leader of the Ice King had been hiding in the dark and didn't dare to show up. He should be able to deal with it alone. Going back and forth would only waste time and might even alert the enemy.
So he also took a step forward, pressed his body against the cave wall, and slowly melted in.
It was a strange feeling. He could still breathe, but he could no longer move his legs. His body moved forward automatically. It was pitch black in front of him. Even his Tianmu could not penetrate it. The cave wall was slightly warm. He felt very comfortable after blending in.
Mu Xingqiu accumulated enough strength, but he did not use it. This cave wall had no ill intentions.
After about ten breaths, the creeping cave wall sent Mu Xingqiu to the other side.
The bald man ran back and forth on the flea's back, "Haha, it's so fun. I want to do it again."
Bang! The bald man hit the cave wall and was bounced out. He stopped only when he hit the flea's neck.
"Strange." The bald man didn't feel any pain, but showed a grinning expression, "It turns out that you can only go in but not out."
Mu Xingqiu didn't want to go out either. He was observing the situation in front of him. His Tianmu could be used again. Although there was no light, he could still see clearly. This was an extremely long cave, winding forward with ups and downs, and changed direction after dozens of feet.
The cave walls on both sides were covered with concave grooves, which were very regular. They didn't look like they were formed naturally, but seemed to be deliberately carved, but they didn't seem to have any use.
Mu Xingqiu took the lead and walked forward. After a few steps, he suddenly realized, "This is the dragon cave. We are in the body of the latent dragon!"
"Didn't the latent dragon burn out?" The bald man said in confusion.
"Yes, the latent dragon burned out and had no body, so this cave was left. Look at the concave grooves on both sides. These are clearly the ribs of the dragon."
"Oh." The bald man couldn't see anything, but he understood, "So that's how it is. The fire of the latent dragon is really special. It burned the ground clean and almost burned us to death. There was nothing underground, not even ashes left."
The fire of the latent dragon is indeed unique and cannot be speculated by common sense. Mu Xingqiu continued to move forward, pressing his palm on the cave wall from time to time, but he never felt any signs of demonic power again.
As for the cave wall behind him that could suck living things in, Mu Xingqiu also figured it out. It might not be a magic cast by someone, but some ability left by Qianlong.
Do Wanzi Shengmu and Yishijun know about this? Is Bingkui leader really hiding here? Are the little demons still alive?
Mu Xingqiu quickened his pace with a series of questions. The flea was faster than him. It was particularly interested in Qianlong's cave. After running for a while, it raised its head and sniffed it twice, as if some smell was attracting it.
The bald man stopped on the flea's back. He was the only one who could not see anything in the dark. He shouted every once in a while: "Brother Xiaoqiu, are you following?"
"Yes. Mu Xingqiu answered every time. He followed the flea for more than ten steps, jumping down and climbing up along the terrain, never far away. The farther he walked, the more strange he felt. The cave created by the corpse of the latent dragon was not flat. There was a big drop in some places. He and the flea felt a little tired when going up and down. How did those little monsters get all the way there?
The flea suddenly stopped. The bald man didn't understand why and asked anxiously: "What's wrong? Did you see Feifei and the others? Feifei!"
The shouts echoed back and forth in the dragon cave, as if there were a hundred bald men shouting, but there was no response.
Mu Xingqiu ran over and shushed the bald man.
"There are dragon claws on both sides. "Mu Xingqiu said softly, and in his mind, he saw a giant dragon crawling on the ground, and he shuddered. It was hard to imagine what the world was like hundreds of thousands of years ago, and how the demons got along with these terrifying beasts.
The flea obviously understood what Mu Xingqiu said, and raised its hooves to rush to the middle road.
Its front hooves had just been raised one or two feet, and three things suddenly jumped out from the left, landed on the flea's head and back, and made sharp noises from their mouths.
This happened in a split second. The three creatures looked quite strange, like monkeys about two feet tall, or spiders with a few legs missing. They were gray and black in color, exactly the same as the cave wall. They were just clinging to the corner of the fork road, and Mu Xingqiu and the fleas didn't recognize them.
The scales on the fleas were dense and hard, but the monsters had sharp claws and teeth, scratching and biting. The fleas jumped up and down in pain, but couldn't fight back.
Mu Xingqiu rushed to help, but the fleas moved too fast and too violently, so he couldn't get close at all. He had to raise his right hand and throw out the whip in his sleeve.
The Electric Whip was woven with the hair of a brocade horsetail, more than ten feet long. For many years, Mu Xingqiu had been using it to perform mind illusions and send out lightning. This time, he attacked purely with the whip itself.
With a crisp snap, the tip of the whip hit a monster and threw it against the cave wall. The monster screamed and fled deep into the cave wall, and soon disappeared.
Although Mu Xingqiu was a Taoist priest, he had learned a lot of whip techniques and boxing techniques in Zhiyong Institute and Laozu Peak. Most of them were the mind-reading techniques that Lin Sa and Fangfang helped him find from the pile of old papers. Although he had not used them for many years, he had not forgotten them. He turned his wrist and cleverly controlled the long whip to hit the second monster.
The monster was on guard and jumped up to avoid the attack. Mu Xingqiu slightly adjusted his strength, and the tip of the whip turned back and entangled one of the monster's legs. With a flick of the whip, the monster hit the wall of the cave directly - poof, it turned into a pool of blood and flesh.
Mu Xingqiu himself was shocked. He did not want to kill, but his strength was out of control. It was just a little bit too much.
The third monster had no intention of fighting, so he ran to the top of the flea, bounced hard and jumped to the top of the cave, ready to escape, but he was pulled back less than two feet after jumping up.
The bald man bit the monster's foot tightly, three strands of hair were entangled in the flea's horn, and he made a whining sound in his throat. No matter whether the monster kicked or scratched with his hands, he would not let go. He could not see anything in the dark cave, and this bite was entirely based on instinct, and it was surprisingly accurate.
The monster's cry became more and more sharp, like fear, and like asking for help.
Mu Xingqiu gently flicked the whip and tightly wrapped the monster, "Okay, bald man."
The bald man finally let go and spat a few times, "It stinks. I'll let you bully fleas again."
The flea turned around suddenly, and the horns on its head were aimed at the captured monster and rushed over. It had a strength comparable to that of a big monster, but it was successfully attacked by a few little guys, which really made it very annoyed.
Mu Xingqiu hurriedly reached out to stop the flea and held the monster in front of him for a closer look.
It looked more like a monkey, with a dense layer of short hair on its body, two faded eyes protruding outward, a flat nose, a huge mouth, full of small, thin and sharp teeth, hands and feet similar to monkeys, with sharper claws, but it had no tail.
It looked somewhat similar to the original young demon, but its eyes were duller.
"Who sent you?" Mu Xingqiu naturally thought the monster was a demon and asked.
The monster struggled desperately, making strange noises from its mouth. It took Mu Xingqiu a while to realize that this was not the dialect of beast demons, and the monster could not speak at all. It was like an intermediate form between a beast and a demon, just beginning to get rid of the beast's form, but had not yet gained higher wisdom.
"Let me see it." The bald man was anxious. This was the captive he caught, but he didn't even know what it looked like.
Mu Xingqiu took out a night-driving pearl. Although it was a treasure created by magic, it could glow by itself after it was created, without the need for magic power to maintain it.
The light instantly illuminated the four directions. The light was quite soft and not dazzling. But just as the bald man opened his mouth and shouted "Ah", the monster that Mu Xingqiu had wrapped around his whip exploded.
The blood mist dispersed, and none of Mu Xingqiu, the bald man, and the flea escaped, and all of them were covered with blood. Fortunately, the monster's explosion was not particularly powerful, and it only stained its body.
The bald man blinked, "I haven't seen it clearly yet."
Although the monster was not strong, it was very strange. Mu Xingqiu felt that he had read a lot of Taoist books, but he had never seen such a thing in any book.
He put away the whip and continued to move forward with the pearl. Wherever the light went, there were things moving vaguely on the cave wall. The number increased, and finally it became very obvious. Even the sound of crawling was clearly audible, like bursts of heavy rain suddenly falling on the roof.
There were not only three monsters, but hundreds and thousands of them.
Mu Xingqiu was getting more and more puzzled. There were so many monsters under the Ice City. Didn't Wanzi Shengmu, Wolf King Qi Yemang, Yi Shijun and other monsters know about it? It was incredible that they were not burned to death by the fire of the hidden dragon.
With the night-driving pearl leading the way, the next section of the road was very smooth, but Mu Xingqiu no longer had much hope for the fate of the little monsters.
After walking for more than ten miles, a voice suddenly came from the darkness ahead.
"The world is so big that there are all kinds of wonders. Even the Taoists and the demons can't understand them all. Mu Xingqiu, put away the pearl and take a look at these most primitive monsters."
Mu Xingqiu put the night-driving pearl back into the treasure bag. The light disappeared, but the sky eye could see farther.
He saw a Taoist priest.